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FROM THE
POLICY DESK
Recent submissions
NZMA NEWS
44
In our submission to the Productivity Commission
on New models of tertiary education we set out our
belief that education is a major social determinant
of health and should be highly valued as an investment
in the future of New Zealand. We also supported measure
to improve equity in both access to and outcomes from
education. Our responses to specifc recommendations
were largely guided by whether they were likely to
improve or worsen inequities.
While recognising that there is a cost to education,
our emphasis throughout the submission was on seeing
it as an investment. We see the challenge with funding
tertiary education as fnding a set of policy instruments
that achieve a balance between professional courses and
the humanities. Complex issues in the education of the
medical workforce were recognised. We believe that the
government must retain a central role in regulating the
numbers of medical students trained. We generally oppose
the recommendation to charge interest on student loans,
as it will greatly add to the cost of education and reduce
the diversity of medical graduates. We also have major
reservations about the recommendation to give self-
accrediting status to providers, and to reduce barriers for
international providers to enter the tertiary sector in New
Zealand, which both have the potential to increase low-
quality teaching.
We fully supported PHARMAC’s proposal to fund levonorgestrel contraceptive implants (Jadelle) on a Practitioner’s Supply Order, which will make it
more convenient for women to get and receive their implant and should encourage more women to use this form of contraception.